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A Methodological Study Of The Cultural Definition Of Man Of Ernst Cassirer, Peter Joseph Roslovich

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

The Relation Of The Illative Sense To The Act Of Assent According To J. H. Newman, John David Ryan

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Working Mothers, A Contributing Factor To Juvenile Delinquency, Mary Euthelia Schlesser

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

A History Of Thomas Jefferson High School, Marion Noonan Moody

Master's Theses

This study has considered the background of the city which the school serves; the school plant; the school staff; the school population; and the school program in order to create plans that will establish progress in future high schools. This study is composed from past events in the hopes of learning from previous experience in order to create further developments in high schools.

A Study Of The Validity And Reliability Of The Lowry Reasoning Test Combination In Grades Five, Six, And Seven, Elizabeth Lee Burnette

Master's Theses

Elementary school teachers, including many with whpm the investigator has taught, have expressed a need for a group intelligence test that is easily administered and scored, easily interpreted, inexpensive, and relatively free of social status bias. The teachers have expressed a need for the best possible intelligence test that will assist them in predicting the success of the students in their future education in order to furnish for each individual student the best possible opportunity for growth and development. The investigator has noted an increasing trend toward placing children in class sections according to their relative potential abilities.

A Further Investigation Of The Effects Of Achievement Imagery And Differential Instructions On Maze Learning Performance, Ann Hunter

Master's Theses

One of the personality variables that has been the object of considerable interest in recent years is "need achievement." This variable was first defined by Murray as the need for "success in competition with some standard of excellence." McClelland and his associates, measuring need for achievement from written responses to TAT-type pictures, have reported Significant and useful relationships between this variable and several behavioral criteria.

In order to have a more objective method of measuring need achievement, the Iowa Picture Interpretation Test (IPIY) was developed at the State University of Iowa laboratories. The IPIT obtains scores on four variables: achievement …

A Brief History Of The Baptists Of Louisa County, Virginia To 1865, Roscoe Ashburn Musselwhite

Master's Theses

This is a brief history of the Baptist of Louisa County, Virginia, to 1865. It would be impossible to gather all the impressions made on Virginia society and the American way of life by Louisa Baptists. The author of this paper has not always been a Baptist, but is a Baptist by conviction. Much of the tradition and color of the old days is still noticeable in the Louisa County Baptist Churches. Louisa County has been and ever shall be a better county in which to live because of Louisa Baptists.

The Educational Program Of The Civilian Conservation Corps, James Ensign Britton

Master's Theses

Federal participation in American public school education began with the public school land grants of 1785. The succeeding years saw many extensions of federal aid to education, e.g., research conferences with state and local edu- cation officials with the purpose of bringing to their attention the problems of youth and to plan attacks on these problems, and publishing and distributing reports of educational accomplishments of states and localities. But, throughout this period, extending until 1933, the central government's relation to education was clear. Public education was regarded as a state prerogative. What broad controls the Federal Government exercised over certain …

An Analysis Of Instalment Credit Within Commercial Banks, Wayne Atwell Freeland

Master's Theses

Within the past two decades, the rapid expansion of consumer installment credit activity by commercial banking has been a noteworthy development. Commercial bankers have made an about face in a brief period of financial history. As recently as the early 1930's the attitude of commercial bankers toward installment credit was one of hesitance and reluctance. Since that period commercial banks have expanded to become the largest single holder of installment credit.

The primary purpose of this thesis is to review and evaluate the principles, methods and procedures used in the investigation and credit decision of consumer instalment credit as established …

Density Measurements Of Urea Adducts, Pascal Angelo Tarantino

Master's Theses

The principal objective of this thesis is to investigate the densities of four different homologous series of urea adducts to discover the effect functional groups have on the density and molar ratio of the adducts. The four series selected are straight chain saturated hydrocarbons of the following types: n-paraffins, alcohols, acids and bromides. The number of carbon atoms contained in the chains are 8, 10, 14 and 18 for each of the respective series.

Since the discovery of urea complexes in 1939 by Frederick M. Bengen, an exceedingly high interest has been awakened in many chemical laboratories all over the …

The Effect Of Values On Classroom Achievement , Neil John Webb

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Sex Differences In The Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale For Eighteen And Nineteen Year Olds , David Desales Markert

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

A History Of The Richmond Public School System, 1869-1958, Rebekah Roberts Sharp

Master's Theses

Histories of Richmond and Virginia devote listed space to the Richmond Public Schools. Little additional information is given in the histories of education. From scattered sources the development of the Richmond Public School System has been traced from its inauguration in 1869 to the present (1958).

Automation In Accounting Through Electronic Data Processing, John Edward Traylor

Master's Theses

Similar to the Industrial Revolution with its impact on factory management during the early nineteen hundreds is the electronical means of processing data to the office. This new era in office and accounting procedure has opened the door to many new systems in the processing of paper. For the first time in the history of man we are able to do these things:

1. Present timely reports to management of large-scale operations.

2. Eliminate present manual and machine methods with their undesirable elements of inaccuracy.

3. Eliminate the necessity of writing down an element of information more than once.

4. …

A Comparison Of The Blood Oxygen Capacity In Semi-Terrestrial And Aquatic Frogs, Francis Burke Leftwich

Master's Theses

The present investigation is a comparison of the blood oxygen capacity in three species of frogs: a semi-terrestrial form R. pippins, the meadow frog; and two aquatic forms, R. clamitans, the green frog; and R. catesbeiana, the bullfrog. The habitats or these frogs are described by Wright and Wright (1949) as follows: R. pipiens inhabits swampy marsh lands, upland backwaters, overflows, and ponds in the spring. In summer it is found in swamp lands, grassy woodlands, or in cultivated hay and grain fields. In winter it hibernates in pools or marshes. It has been found as far as …

The Anatomy Of The Temporomandibular Joint In Humans , Nicholas Chris Choukas

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Diocesan And Jesuit Labor Schools In America: A Comparative Study, Maurus Barrenechea

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

A Study Of Selected Social And Economic Factors In The Formation Of A Religious Vocation , Jerome Francis Bowman

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

A Comparison Of The Methods Of Desegregation Of The Public School Systems Of St. Louis, Missouri And Louisville, Kentucky , John Richard Crowley

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

An Investigation Of The Influence Of Occupations On The Loyola Language Study , Frank Anthony Dinello

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Concreteness In Chesterton , John William Glaser

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

A Study Of The Cleansing Of The Sanctuary In Relation To Current Denominational History, Donald Karr Short

Master's Theses

It is the purpose of this study to (1) review very briefly the experience of the believers who expected Christ to return in the year 1844; (2) to examine the teaching which grew out of this experience that has come to be known as "the cleansing of the sanctuary," and (3) primarily to discover, if possible, any additional meaning or application this teaching may hold at this time for the Seventh-day Adventist denomination and consequently for the entire world.

Olfactory Discrimination In Lobotomized Patients , Joseph R. Caldwell

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

A Comparison Of The Problems Of Institutionalized And Non-Institutionalized Children , John Walter Keller

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Index To A Microfilm Of Shaviana Displayed For Shaw's Centennial By The Shaw Society Of Chicago , Marion King

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Efforts At Anglo-American Adjustment: 1763-1775, George Henry Holczl

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Wordsworth's Lucy Poems , John K. Locke

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

A Philosophic Study Of The Fifth Amendment , J. Timothy Kelley

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

An Mmpi Study Of Religious Seminarians , Patrick John Rice

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

The Family Court Of Cook County Illinois: Structure And Function, Joel Francis Tenore

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.